Morning.
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P Noah Syndergaard hasn't thrown for over a week... per Adam Rubin, he had injured his side muscle and is now working back in cycles.
I listed the 'Group 2' pitchers (AA) yesterday on the blog. Alex Panteliodis should have been on that list also.
There obviously are too many starters on that list and some may be reassigned to St. Lucie after some cuts are made in camp. For now, they are 'assigned' to Binghamton.
P Noah Syndergaard hasn't thrown for over a week... per Adam Rubin, he had injured his side muscle and is now working back in cycles.
I listed the 'Group 2' pitchers (AA) yesterday on the blog. Alex Panteliodis should have been on that list also.
There obviously are too many starters on that list and some may be reassigned to St. Lucie after some cuts are made in camp. For now, they are 'assigned' to Binghamton.
I talked
with P Corey Oswalt and he told me that he will
not be starting this season with one of the full season teams. In fact, he said
that he doesn’t report to Extended Camp until April 13th. Oswalt was
given big-time over slot money ($475,000 vs $146,600) after being drafted in
the 7th round last year and had a rough nine games for Kingsport:
4-3, 8.15, 35.1-IP, 20-K, 7-BB.
Never, never evaluate
stats from high school kids that finish up a pro season somewhere. It’s an
entirely different game and schedule than they are used to… literally a grind.
Very few do well.
Oswalt was a big-time
high school prospect out of Madison HS (CA). My guess: Clones. His Mets days
are far from over.
This is a nice story…
Ex-Met pitcher Scott Kazmir is now the frontrunner in securing the 5th
starter slot for the Cleveland Indians. Kazmir has struck out 13 batters over
11 innings and has his fastball sitting in the 91-92 range once again. Others
in the run are Trevor Bauer, Carlos Carrasco and
Daisuke Matsuzaka, but Manager Terry Francona said Thursday that it’s Kazmir’s to
lose.
All Mets fans should
root for him. He was a great kid in our system.
Jorge Castillo - @jorgeccastillo - Yesterday,
Terry Collins said he hoped Kirk Nieuwenhuis would resume baseball activities
outside today, but that didn't happen. Collins hopes Kirk can resume baseball
activities outside sometime over the next couple days. Kirk is dealing w/a left
knee injury.
Mack –So, what happens if he comes back? Someone is going to have to lose at-bats and
my guess is it would be his fellow centerfielder, Matt
den Dekker. It looks like Marlon Byrd has
won the RHH platoon guy job, while Lucas Duda and
Collin Cowgill will go north as LHHs.
This whole process would have been a lot easier if Mike Baxter would have hit something. That would have
left the fifth slot to either the Captain or the Spinster( Jordany Valdespin).
I can’t see Nieuwenhuis getting back in game for 7-10 more
days which makes a trip to Las Vegas in April more sense.
Second base would belong to Daniel
Murphy, except that he’s missed all of camp with a strained intercostal
muscle and has yet to play in a single game. He’s expected to get back on the
field next week and should still be the primary player at the keystone, but
there’s limited fantasy value here. Sure, he hit .291, but it was a very empty average
— in over 600 plate appearances, he contributed only six homers and 10 steals.
The year before, it was only six homers and five steals. Murphy has now lost
the outfield and third base eligibility he once had, and considering that his
spring injury and generally poor defense potentially put his playing time in
danger… well, it’s hard to recommend him outside of NL-only leagues. He’s
batting average, and not much else.
Thursday Game Notes –
Johan Santana threw a bullpen session and ‘felt well’
afterwards.
Daniel Murphy played 2B (defense only) in a minor
league game
Jordany Valdespin put more pressure on Lucas Duda by showing his versatility by playing 2B
today. Duda responded to that, and yesterday’s story that he could be losing
his starting job to the Spinster with a 2nd inning bomb.
Brandon Hicks played 3B and doubled in the 2nd Mets run in
the second inning. This raised his spring BA to .154 so he’s still a long way
from winning a slot on this team.
The Mets started to come back in the 8th inning,
but let’s remember this was after most of the major leaguers were removed from
the Atlanta team. By the 8th inning, it’s scrubs playing scrubs. The
key hits to remember were by Travis d’Arnaud in
the 8th and Valdespin in the 9th.
Excellent relief outings by Scott Atchison (1.1-IP, 0-R) and
Aaron Laffey (2.1-IP, 0-R).
And finally
Home Run
Leaders During Each Pope’s Reign:
Pope (Reign),
Player, HRs
Pius IX (1846-1876), Charley Jones, 6
Leo XIII (1878-1903), Roger Connor,
138
Pius X (1903-1914), Frank Schulte, 73
Benedict XV (1914-1922), Babe Ruth,
162
Pius XI (1922-1939), Babe Ruth, 552
Pius XII (1939-1958), Ted Williams,
482
John XXIII (1958-1963), Hank Aaron
and Harmon Killebrew, 174
Paul VI (1963-1978), Hank Aaron, 437
John Paul I (1978), Jim Rice, 13
John Paul II (1978-2005), Barry
Bonds, 703
Benedict XVI (2005-2013), Albert
Pujols, 312
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